MOLLY SEGAL

Molly Segal is a Los Angeles-based painter. Born and raised in Oakland, Segal is interested in her home state of California as a site where disaster and decadence converge. Her large scale watercolors explore fragile connections, finite resources, and the price of survival in inhospitable climates. Her paintings have been exhibited at Charlie James Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Zevitas Marcus Gallery. She was an inaugural artist-in-residence at the Quinn Emanuel Artist Residency in Los Angeles in 2021. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Whitehot Magazine, Artillery, and Lapham’s Quarterly. She received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2013.

A painting of a bird flying in front of a pile of trash.
Slowly First Then All At Once. 2023. Watermedia and salt on paper. 60 x 44 inches

SELECTED ARTWORKS

Gobble Me Swallow Me, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 30 x 32 inches [76.2 x 81.3 cm].
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Laugh Until We Choke, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 29.5 x 32.5 inches [74.9 x 82.6 cm].
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I Am Truly Sorry About All This, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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We'll Go On Like We've Always Done, 2023

Watermedia and salt on paper. 19 x 43 inches [48.3 x 109.2 cm].
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When Smoke Changes The Color Of The Sun, 2023

Watercolor and gouache on paper. 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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Make It Rain, 2022

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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I Am Still Right Here, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 60 x 196 inches [152.4 x 497.8 cm].
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Hand In Unlovable Hand, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 46 x 60 inches [116.8 x 152.4 cm].
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Forever, This Time, 2023

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 60 x 82.5 inches [152.4 x 209.6 cm].
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Leave Your Boots By The Door, 2023

Watercolor and gouache on paper. 83 x 119.25 inches [210.8 x 302.9 cm].
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Slowly First Then All At Once, 2023

Watermedia and salt on paper. 60 x 44 inches [152.4 x 111.8 cm].
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Dry Mouth, 2020

Watercolor and gouache on paper 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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Home Was A Dream, 2021

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper. 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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Fire Study, 2022

Watercolor, gouache, and salt on paper 11 x 14 inches [27.9 x 35.6 cm].
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Along Rivers and Valleys, 2023

Watercolor and gouache on paper 20 x 26 inches [50.8 x 66 cm].
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Cuesta College – 2023

Molly Segal: Scab Picker

Solo Exhibition


François Ghebaly – 2023

Strong Winds Ahead, Curated by Lekha Jandhyala

Group Exhibition


Track 16 Gallery – 2023

Molly Segal: What We Whispered and What We Screamed

Solo Exhibition

VIEW EXHIBIT


Show Gallery – 2022

Quinn Emanuel Artists In Residence Exhibition

Two-person Exhibition


Luna Anaïs Gallery - 2021

Molly Segal: Marrow Sucker

Solo Exhibition


Charlie James Gallery – 2019

With A Little Help From My Friends

Group Exhibition


PRESS / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS

Artillery Magazine

Review: Molly Segal at Track 16

By Ezrha Jean Black

September 5, 2023


New York Times

Cultivating Art, Not Argument

By Lauren Herstik and Graham Bowley

November 24, 2021


Whitehot Magazine

Review: Molly Segal: To The Bone

By Shana Nys Dambrot

February 2021


Artillery Magazine

Review: Molly Segal Marrow Sucker

By Genie Davis

March 21, 2021


A.G. Geiger Presents, Tales from the LA Art Underworld

#64 LA based painter, Molly Segal

Podcast Interview

March 4, 2021


Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art World

Molly Segal Interview

Podcast Interview

January 13, 2021